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Welcome to Wednesday - December 20, 2023
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Featured Quilt - No Need to Have a "Bird Day" When You See This Quilt
Bird Day by Galla Grotto was featured as part of the Women's Encyclopedia Exhibit at the 2023 Houston International Quilt Festival. The Women's Encyclopedia Exhibit was designed by Galla herself and "based on cultural traditions throughout the world. It is her reinterpretation of myths, images, and symbols" and featured "portraits of her heroines, goddesses, fairies, muses, and female images."
For Bird Day, Galla wanted to express the relationship that humankind has shared with birds throughout time. She says, "Birds have kept humans busy for centuries. Man has dreamed of wings, watching birds soaring freely. Birds often became fabulous, and even divine, beings. They have always been considered a symbol of freedom. And the cage is its limitation. If the cage is open, it means a desire for freedom."
Do you love Galla's quilt? Do you want to see more of her work and learn about the exhibit in detail? You're in luck, because Alex's LIVE today features an interview with Lilo Bowman and Galla herself talking about all of that in detail from the floor of the Houston Quilt Festival, including more information on Bird Day and other similar quilts.
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Pat Bishop Shows How to Abstract From A Photograph
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Building A Barn From the Ground (Photo) Up
Using a photo of a barn as inspiration, Pat Bishop shares how to use an app that allows her to simplify the image to its basic elements in our latest show. This new and minimal design is sketched on parchment paper allowing her to focus on value and primary shapes such as the triangles, rectangles, and more when rough cutting fabrics that become roof edges, windows, and doors. The finished piece is not an exact copy of the original photo but a sense of the original picture.
Learn from Pat, and Tracy Mooney, by watching How to Abstract an Image or Landscape Quilt with Pat Bishop | Using Pre-Cuts with Tracy Mooney.
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Alex LIVE: Meet Galla Grotto
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Did You See Today's Featured Quilt?
Galla Grotto had a wonderful exhibit at the 2023 Houston Quilt Show entitled Women's Encyclopedia. Galla designed her women's series based on cultural traditions around the world. Join Alex as we learn about this wonderful artist and her reinterpretation of myths, images, and symbols.
Alex is LIVE TODAY, December 20, 2023 @ 10am PST, 1pm EST, and 6pm London time. All classes are recorded so they can be viewed later.
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Updated PDF Available for Dee's Favorite Holiday Quilt Blocks - Pine Tree
If you've been following along with Dee Christopher's LIVE Favorite Holiday Quilt Blocks Class then you know that each block usually has a corresponding PDF that goes along with it. The one for last Saturday's class, featuring the Pine Tree Block, has had some changes. If you haven't already, please download the updated PDF for the Pine Tree Block by clicking the Patterns / Downloads tab on Dee's Favorite Holiday Quilt Blocks Lessons page.
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Give Your Favorite Quilter a Gift Membership to The Quilt Show
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And You Don't Even Have To Wrap It Up!
You'll be giving them more than 450 shows full of techniques, tips, inspiration, and discovery - with new shows added every month. Plus, they'll have access to our exclusive block of the month 2024 pattern, Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell, a complimentary digital copy of the book Piecing Makeover, access to our warm global community of quilters, and more!
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Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game
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Have you lost track of how much time you've spent
playing Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game? Well, you'd have more of it if you finished the game faster. Play today and get your fastest time yet!
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The Quilt Show Puzzle: Six Sides of Fun and Design
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